By Akhtar M. Nikzad-Kabul: The Ministry of Public Health along with United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the national polio immunization campaign to vaccinate 9.5 million children under the age of five against the deadly polio disease. The campaign will run throughout …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Monday said that its operatives detained a mullah of a mosque along with his servant for having a magnetic bomb, in northern Samangan province. A statement released by NDS, said that Lal Mohammad, also known as Mullah Ashequllah, a mosque servant were …

AT-KABUL:  At least four policemen were killed in a roadside bombing in the Joain district of western Farah province, an official said Monday. The incident took place when the policemen were patrolling the main district road and their vehicle hit by the bomb in Abkhor village of the district in …

AT-KABUL:  Afghan security forces in the past 24 hours killed at least thirty eight Taliban militants during several military operations across the country, the Ministry of Defense said Monday in a statement. The Afghan National Security and Defense Forces in the past 24 hours, launched several operations against Taliban insurgents …

Chief Executive Officer, Abdullah Abdullah, is in China to discuss important issues with the Beijing leadership. His trip will prove a milestone in improvement of ties between Kabul and Beijing. The Afghan CEO and Chinese officials will ponder over ways to deal with the issue of extremism and terrorism which …

AT-KABUL: The European Union is due to donate 125 million Euros to Afghanistan, finance ministry said. Finance Minister, Eklil Ahmad Hakimi during a visit to Belgium, signed an incentive program agreement in the framework of mutual accountability, amounting EUR 125 million in assistance from the EU to the Afghan Government, …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Discussions over a peace deal with the Hezb-e-Islami, and anti-government armed group is expected to be finalized from government side in the near future with President Ashraf Ghani signing an agreement with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the group’s leader, an official from the government-run peace council said Sunday. …

After productive talks with the representatives of Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), Afghan officials have finalized draft of the peace deal. As per official sources, the recent meetings between the two parties were fruitful. Deputy Chief of the High Peace Council, Ataul Rahman Saleem, said that the government and HIA were engaged …

AT-KABUL: Sixty-five Taliban fighters were killed and 22 others wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours, security officials said Sunday. The defense ministry said in a statement that the Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with the Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) launched operations …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Former Pakistani interior minister and leader of Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, has said that the closure of the Torkham had caused the loss of millions of rupees and business in the two states. The disputed border in the Torkham area was closed by …